Azure Kubernetes Service—GA in new regions Azure Kubernetes Service is now generally available to the public. Developers can drastically simplify how they build and run container-based solutions without deep Kubernetes expertise on Azure. Azure Kubernetes Service integrates with dev tools and workspaces, CI/CD, networking, monitoring tools and more so developers can focus on writing and… Read more

Power BI Desktop | Power BI Desktop – GA New features and updates are now available in Power BI Desktop: Reporting: Conditional formatting by a different field, Advanced slicer syncing, Log axis improvements, Data label options for funnel chart, and Set line stroke width to zero. Analytics: Measure drill through. Power BI Premium: Incremental refresh… Read more

Azure IoT Edge | New capabilities We’re making advanced capabilities with Azure IoT Edge available so that our partners and customers can get started with business value right away, instead of worrying about infrastructure for edge computing. First, we’re open sourcing the Azure IoT Edge Runtime, allowing customers to modify the runtime, debug issues, and… Read more

This is a blog post for a new, ongoing series of consolidated updates from the Cloud Platform team. We’re here to help you embrace the cloud. Realize your true potential with our unique innovations, comprehensive mobile solutions, and developer tools across the breadth of our product portfolio. To help you stay current, here are our… Read more

Azure Databricks | GA On March 22, we announced the general availability of Azure Databricks. Azure Databricks is a fast, easy and collaborative Apache® Spark™ based analytics platform optimized for Azure. Designed in collaboration with the founders of Apache Spark, Azure Databricks combines the best of Databricks and Azure to help customers accelerate innovation with… Read more

Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL | Pricing Model Update – Public Preview New pricing model update for Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL Effective February 20, 2018, compute charges will be changed from Compute unit to vCore, providing more transparency about the hardware configuration for MySQL or PostgreSQL server. For more flexibility, storage will… Read more

Power BI Desktop | GA New features and updates are now available in Power BI Desktop: Reporting—Continued updates, including some of the major customer asks such as multi-selecting data points across multiple charts and syncing slicer values across multiple pages of reports. Other updates include faster geocoding, overflow data labels for bar and column charts,… Read more

Azure Event Grid | GA We are happy to announce the general availability of Azure Event Grid, a managed event routing service that enables you to react in real time to changes happening in Azure resources or your own applications. Using Event Grid, applications can now send events when state changes occur by using push… Read more

ITSM Connector for Azure is now generally available The IT Service Management (ITSM) Connector for Azure is now generally available. ITSM Connector allows you to integrate Azure with one of the following IT Service Management products—Cherwell, Provance, System Center Service Manager, or ServiceNow. With your log data (performance counters, configuration changes, updates, and more) and… Read more